Overwatch just became a lot more festive with its latest patch! Hanamura and King’s Row recently had a snow storm and these festive maps are cheerfully adorned with lights, Christmas trees, and other decorations. Up until January 2, players can earn or purchase loot boxes with a Winter Wonderland theme which contain new skins, highlight intros, sprays, and more. There is also a new 6v6, single-elimination brawl which features everyone’s favourite ice queen, Mei. Additionally, there have been a few bug fixes, which include a solution to Zarya’s barrier problems. You can read all about the changes on the Overwatch forums.
The festivities don’t end there! Light-bending Symmetra will finally be rising to stardom because her overhaul is finally here!
- Photon Barrier (New Ability)
- Replaces her existing Photon Shield ability
- Generates a large energy barrier in front of Symmetra that blocks enemy fire as it travels forward
- Shield Generator (New Ultimate Ability Option)
- Symmetra’s Ultimate ability now offers a choice between Teleporter and a new option: Shield Generator
- Shield Generator places a device that grants additional shields to allies within its effective radius (regardless of barriers, walls, or obstacles between them and the Shield Generator)
- Photon Projector (Primary Fire)
- Range has been increased from 5 meters to 7 meters
- Sentry Turret
- Turrets that can be carried have been increased from 3 turrets to 6 turrets
- Cooldown has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds
- Photon Shield
- Replaced with the new Photon Barrier ability
- Teleporter
- Health has been decreased from 200 to 50
- Shields have been increased from 0 to 350
Symmetra’s much-needed updated and the Winter Wonderland event will be a blast! If you’re not able to log into the game at the moment but you’re eager to see what’s new, you can watch the festive and entertaining video below.
